Backhand Grip Question

I've never heard or seen any coach or even anyone on YouTube recommend this. Maybe when you are coming from tennis and you are already used to it. But otherwise I'd advise just to stay in continental when defending.

I got the same suggestion from good coach in Spain. That was when we were trainig meadium speed flat deep ground stroks from back. The reasoning was that with continental, backhand tends to do some slice and he wanted it to be more flat. I tried it and liked it. It makes backhand shots flater, stronger and more precise. I'm trying to keep using it during games as well.

Coach is right. It's not common advice at the beginner level, still infrequent intermediate level but it's done, helps with flat (defend with power to the body) and topspin (make opponent volley low). Most advice is geared towards lower levels, and people repeat it so even though you'll find many people asking to stick to continental, your coache's advice was sound, not just his "personal" thing. But it is more advanced, it introduces a grip change which is always challenging and also you need to select the ball you do it with (height, difficulty, reaction time). Grip changes can take a lot of time to get decent at. Certain type of backhands can really benefit from the grip change but I'd say going for this now or not depends on your level, I can't give advice since I don't know you. Since people seem to use youtube videos as reference I went to one I know gives (or used to give) pretty good technical instructions, and of course he talks about the backhand grip, you'll see he says something similar. Unfortunately, spanish only, no english captions: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn3jGb8cQak](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn3jGb8cQak), around 5:15+

Man, you're hitting the ball flat, close to none top spin. Why on earth would you need to change grips to hit a groundstroke? Ask your coach that question.

It's completely up to you. Most people play with continental, many pro players shift the grip slightly to forehand or backhand grip when they play at the back, especially ones with tennis experience. For most beginners the pure continental approach is recommended because less things on your mind allow you to progress quicker, internalize motions quicker. The pros of grip switching are you can turn less to get a clean impact point with the ball for a flat or slight topspin return. The negatives are you need to practice the timing hitting with these alternate grips + also practice using the continental grip for these shots, because you won't always have time to switch grips. Up to you if you feel like you vibe with it. I like switching sometimes but it's not my default, experiment with it, it's all about getting a good feeling and confidence with your shot reliability

Never heard of that. I used to hit volleys with a flat racket face and the ball would pop up off the back glass. Now I open it slightly and it stays much lower.

Too much complexity for a simple groundstroke. It sounds like your coach is adding his own spice to it. I would focus more on footwork, preparation, impact point, trajectory, and completion of the movement.

The Coach is top 10 in padel in my country and comes from Tennis Background. So i guess ye, hes teaching how he does it. I dont like it tho, cba switching Grips so often at my ~Intermediate level

It’s quite uncommon in tennis. I personally change my grip only for some overhead shots. For ground strokes and volleys I prefer keeping a continental grip

Thanks for all the replies, so i guess its done at a certain Level. Will see how it works Out for me